Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti
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Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti 🇪🇬

عبد الرحمن الجبرتي (Known as "Al-Jabarti")
Foremost Chronicler of Ottoman Egypt and Napoleon's Expedition, Author of Aja'ib al-Athar
Born 1753 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
Passed Away 1825 Cairo, Egypt
Lifespan 72 years old
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"The historian must write with the clear mirror of truth, fearing neither the sword of the prince nor the clamor of the crowd."

Archival Overview

Towering Egyptian historian and Azhari scholar whose monumental eyewitness chronicle Aja'ib al-Athar provides the definitive, masterly record of late Ottoman Egypt and Napoleon Bonaparte's 1798 invasion.

Biographical Record

Born into an elite family of Somali-Egyptian scholars and astronomers of Al-Azhar, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti witnessed firsthand the cataclysmic transformation of Egypt at the turn of the 19th century. During the French expedition of 1798, he observed Napoleon's scientists and military occupation with keen, critical intellect.

His landmark historical chronicle Aja'ib al-Athar fi al-Tarajim wa al-Akhbar (The Marvelous Relics in Biographies and News) meticulously recorded daily political intrigues, French colonial atrocities, social customs, and the early rise of Muhammad Ali Pasha, recognized as one of the summits of Arabic historiography.

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Al-Basaateen Cemetery
Cairo, Egypt
GPS: 29.9800, 31.2800
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